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apportionment definition - legal

n

  1. The allocation, distribution, or division of something into proportionate shares.
  2. The drawing of the boundaries of legislative districts so that each district is approximately equal in population. See also gerrymandering and reapportionment.
  3. The allocation after every census of the seats in the United States House of Representatives among the states based on population.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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